I'm not a fan of metalcore or djent and everytime I come to this subreddit looking for new music, they almost all fit into those genres (i.e. the bands I hadn't heard of do). Thus, I don't trust any of the new bands that are posted here and can't find new music I like. So I propose a new subreddit, /r/progpower. It would just be /r/progmetal without BTBAM, Protest the Hero, etc. I think a /r/progcore subreddit would be useful too. I'm not saying we should do without /r/progmetal, you can be subscribed to all of them. I just think it can be refined better. Like pizza, you can put any toppings on it. Some want to eat pepperoni, and others want anchovies.

You can do whatever the fuck you want bro. Go do it. Just because you don't like a band doesn't mean it's not part of the genre. It's just not in your "special club". I fuckin hate bands that sing in girly high voices but I understand its part of prog and I let it be.

Know what ruins subreddits? People bitching about what new evil is ruining the subreddit today. People saying "oh man it used to be so much better". Nostalgia goggles. That's what ruins a subreddit. If you hate something downvote it, hide it, and move on.

Edit: furthermore subdividing a subreddit into a million tiny redditors isn't beneficial. You end up with 30 small communities with 12 subscribers and one post per month. It's not effective.

I'm not saying /r/progmetal should change. I'm just saying people that want to listen to something more specific should join me in /r/progpower or if they want create /r/progcore. Downvoting won't do anything to the BTBAM posts and other core/djent posts that show up here. Having another small, more specific community isn't harming anything